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When Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s economics department began requiring all seniors to complete a written thesis, Greg Lilly, associate professor of economics, noticed an interesting trend. “One of the things we noticed fairly early was that there seemed to be this spread in performances, and it seems to be a spread we can’t get rid of,” he said. Read more about Professor Lilly's research...

Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) launches a tablet initiative beginning fall 2011, to explore uses in teaching and learning.

Chad Awtrey, assistant professor of mathematics, presented three talks at MathFest, the national meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, in Lexington, Ky., from Aug. 4-6, 2011.

The summer of 2011 was a busy time for faculty as they embarked upon learning a new learning management system, Moodle.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ hosted its 8th annual Teaching and Learning Conference this month as more than 250 faculty, program directors and administrators from 34 area colleges and universities examined student learning and faculty roles in creating active and engaged learning environments, as well as the technologies that support these environments.

On June 3, Scott Hildebrand, assistant director of teaching and learning technologies presented at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference in Charlotte.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning has started a two-year research seminar, “Critical Transitions: Writing and the Question of Transfer,” that will explore the composition skills students learn in the classroom and use in new settings, such as an upper level course, an internship or the workplace.

Antonio Izzo and Yuko Miyamoto (Biology Department) presented "Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Biology Cabinet: An IT/Faculty partnership in online resource development" at the 2011 Educause Southeast Regional Conference held in Charlotte, NC June 2nd.

The presentation summarized the video production process resulting from a collaboration between the Biology Department and the Teaching and Learning Technology Group at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Four instructional videos that focus on core Biology and Biochemistry lab techniques were produced that are currently being used in lab courses across these programs. These videos can be viewed at www.elon.edu/e-web/academics/elon_college/biology/resources/

The presentation included discussion of the developing model with an audience composed of both teaching faculty and IT staff from other regional colleges and universities.